the ſubverſion of order, and lets wickedneſs looſe upon the land, by deſtroying the reverence due to ſovereign authority.
It is the quality of Patriotiſm to be jealous and watchful, to obſerve all ſecret machinations, and to ſee public dangers at a diſtance. The true Lover of his country is ready to communicate his fears and to ſound the alarm, whenever he perceives the approach of miſchief. But he ſounds no alarm, when there is no enemy: he never terrifies his countrymen till he is terrified himſelf. The patriotiſm therefore may be juſtly doubted of him, who profeſſes to be diſturbed by incredibilities; who tells, that the laſt peace was obtained by bribing the Princeſs of Wales; that the King is graſping at arbitrary power; and that becauſe the French in the new conqueſts enjoy their own laws, there is a deſign at court of aboliſhing in England the trial by juries.
